The locomotive and tramlines, owned and operated by A & L Seifert’s Flaxmilling Company, were employed hauling trucks of flax from the Makerua swamp to the huge Miranui flaxmill, eatblished 1907. Miranui was the only mill in New Zealand to use a locomotive for hauling flax, but the engine proved too heavy for the swampy ground and was soon replaced by teams of horses.

'Miranui' Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Fx91_FLA_0636
- Title
- 'Miranui' Flaxmill locomotive crossing the Tokomaru Stream, near Shannon
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Miranui, Shannon, Horowhenua
- Date
- circa 1908
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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